Reshaping Physical Therapy Education & Treatment During The Pandemic

Fit As A Fiddle · Mar 11, 2021 · 38m

You think of “physical therapy” and the words itself indicate that PTs must “physically” treat patients. When it isn’t safe to make direct contact due to COVID-19, what happens then? Dr. Rami Said, the Director of the Columbia University Physical Therapy Faculty Practice & Instructor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at Columbia University, joins us today to discuss the shift that took place within PT academics and his clinical practice.

When New York City shut down in March 2020, PT graduate schools like Columbia University were deeply affected. Students and faculty had to reshape…